Note: Illicit drug use by those age 12+ in the past month. Illicit drugs include marijuana/hashish, cocaine (including crack), heroin, hallucinogens, inhalants, or prescription-type psychotherapeutics used nonmedically. Based on the results from the 2007 National Survey on Drug Use and Health where the estimates come from a survey-weighted hierarchal Bayes estimation approach in which the 95 percent prediction (credible) intervals are generated by Markov Chain Monte Carlo techniques.

Note: Percentage of children who have 4:3:1:3:3:1 Series Coverage.
4:3:1:3:3:1 Series Coverage is four or more doses of diphtheria and tetanus toxoids and pertussis (DTP) vaccine, three or more doses of poliovirus vaccine, one or more doses of measles-containing vaccine, plus three or more doses of Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) vaccine, three or more doses of hepatitis B vaccine (HepB), one or more doses of varicella vaccine.

61. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Divisions of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Reported AIDS cases and annual rates (per 100,000 population), by area of residence

Note: Counts and rates shown for the "All" age groups category represent persons age 15 and older and persons of unknown age. The population denominator data for rates calculated for "All" age groups are limited to persons age 15 and older.

Note: Counts and rates shown for the "All" age groups category represent persons age 15 and older and persons of unknown age. The population denominator data for rates calculated for "All" age groups are limited to persons age 15 and older.

Note: Counts and rates shown for the "All" age groups category represent persons age 15 and older and persons of unknown age. The population denominator data for rates calculated for "All" age groups are limited to persons age 15 and older.

Note: Work participation rates measure the degree to which parents in TANF families are engaged in work activities that lead to self-sufficiency. These percentages here represent families with one or more parents.

72. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Work Related Measures: Rates and Ranks of FY 2006 Performance, by Work-Related Measures

73. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service, Program Accountability and Administrative Division, Quality Control Branch. Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Quality Control Annual Report: Fiscal Year 2003-2012

Note: Timeliness is calculated by dividing the number of cases timely processed by the number of cases subject to the timeliness measure. A case is considered processed timely if the household has an opportunity to participate within seven days of the application date for expedited service cases and within 30 days of the application date for regular processing cases.

75. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, Household Food Security in the United States, 2003-2009

Note: Connecticut, Utah - Candidate nominated by convention.
Louisiana has an open primary which requires all candidates, regardless of party affiliation, to appear on a single ballot. If a candidate receives over 50 percent of the vote in
the primary, he is elected to the office. If no candidate receives a majority vote, then a single election is held between the two candidates receiving the most votes. In the October 22, 2011 primary election Governor Bobby Jindal (R)
received 65.8 percent of the vote, the four Democrats received 28.2 percent of the vote and the other five candidates received the remaining 6 percent of the vote. No run-off election was required.
West Virginia - A special election was held on October 4, 2011 to fill the office of governor, which became vacant after the resignation of Governor Joe Manchin, who was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2010.
State Senate President Earl Ray Tomblin, first in the line of succession, became governor on November 15, 2010. In January 2011, the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals ruled that a special election must be held so that
the governor would be in place by November 15, 2011, one year after Manchin’s resignation.
Alaska - The Democratic Primary combines the candidates from the Democratic Party, the Libertarian Party, and the Alaskan Independence Party.
California became an open primary state after passage of Proposition 14 in the June 2010 election. The top two vote-getters in primary races for congressional, state legislative and statewide offices, regardless of
political party, will be in a face-off in the general election.
Arkansas - Candidate ran unopposed.